I knew it would be well researched and written, but I didn’t expect Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring to be (still!) so relevant and loaded with stories and science that I hadn’t heard before. Such as: A liver damaged by pesticides cannot effectively eliminate estrogen from the body, one of its... Continue reading

From the air, Costa Rica’s jagged hills seem covered in bright green spandex, and tropical forests look like countless heads of broccoli. Meandering waterways – most with great green buffers – thread through this landscape, which also includes neat rectangles of small farms — coffee, banana, and pineapple. From the... Continue reading

I saw that on a bumper sticker recently, and nearly drove off the road, laughing … or crying. It does seem that despite good science, we continue to slash and pave our environment. Locally we have the 18-mile long and six-lane wide Intercountry Connecter (ICC) being laid, 21 new homes... Continue reading

The Audubon Naturalist Society (us) predates the National Audubon Society (them). I’m not bragging; just stating a fact that will help explain our name. When the National Audubon Society (NAS) was formed in 1905 (then it was called the acronym-busting National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild... Continue reading